Hungry Herring Gull at First Encounter Beach Last January
D300
80-400mm @ 85mm
127mm (in 35mm film)
1/5000 sec, f/10
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 1600
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off
Good timing and nice wing position, Myer. Some minus EC to darken the sky and fill flash to open the shadows would have been worth trying. While the arm and cracker explain the behavior I would have been tempted to try and catch the bird before it got so close to eliminate the hand.